July 14, 2014 Certain Mobile Apps Covet New Real Estate: The Lock Screen by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC Some start-ups focus on claiming space on the lock screen, the area in which you type in a passcode before gaining…
July 14, 2014 Samsung Considers Its Counterattack as Rivals Erode Cellphone Profit by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Analysts say the company, which is the world’s top cellphone maker, must cut prices or push innovation as low-cost Chinese…
July 13, 2014 No Getting Away From It All on the Appalachian Trail by REUTERS By REUTERS Maybe it was guilt over alarming her parents when she inadvertently dialed 911 from the Appalachian Trail, but Caitlin Belcher wishes she…
July 13, 2014 Tim Cook, Making Apple His Own by MATT RICHTEL and BRIAN X. CHEN By MATT RICHTEL and BRIAN X. CHEN While the company’s enthusiasts impatiently await new wizardry, the new chief executive is trying to make the…
July 13, 2014 Amazon, a Friendly Giant as Long as It’s Fed by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD Is resistance to Amazon futile in the book publishing world? Its battle with Hachette has many on edge. Published: July 13,…
July 12, 2014 Digitizing the Family History by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Also, checking the speed of a home broadband Internet connection. Published: July 11, 2014 at 12:00AM from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/W4QAGj…
July 12, 2014 Female Yahoo Executive Sued for Sexual Harassment by REUTERS By REUTERS A high-level female Yahoo Inc executive has been sued in California by a woman who worked under her and is accusing her…
July 12, 2014 Google to Tour Europe to Discuss Privacy by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT The group will visit six countries as it discusses how search engines will react to Europe’s so-called right to be forgotten…
July 12, 2014 Amazon Asks Permission From F.A.A. to Test Drone Delivery System by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD Amazon is getting serious about delivery by drones, and asked the F.A.A. for special permission to test them outdoors. Published: July…
July 11, 2014 Routing All Travel Through the Cloud by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Cloud computing doesn’t just do things cheaper; it creates new points of information control for software companies. Concur, which makes software…